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ISA DCB
Data bus: 16-bit, ISA
Size: Three-quarter length, full-height card
Hard drives supported: Up to seven SCSI devices
Floppy drives supported: Two 360KB, 720KB, 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB drives
CONNECTIONS | |
Function | Location |
4-pin connector-drive active LED | CN1 |
34-pin data cable connector - floppy drives | CN2 |
50-pin SCSI connector - internal | CN3 |
50-pin SCSI connector - external | CN4 |
SCSI ADDRESS | ||||
SCSI ID | SW1/Switch 1 | SW1/Switch 2 | SW1/Switch 3 | |
» | 7 | on | on | on |
0 | off | off | off | |
1 | on | off | off | |
2 | off | on | off | |
3 | on | on | off | |
4 | off | off | on | |
5 | on | off | on | |
6 | off | on | on |
USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS | |||
Function | Location | Setting | |
» | Floppy drive port address 3F0-3F7h | JP14 | open |
Floppy drive port address 370-377h | JP14 | closed | |
» | Floppy drive disabled | JP15 & JP16 | open |
Floppy drive enabled | JP15 & JP16 | closed | |
» | I/O channel ready disabled | JP17/pins 1 & 2 | closed |
» | I/O channel ready enabled | JP17/pins 2 & 3 | closed |
» | SCSI Parity check enabled (BT-542 only) | SW1/switch 4 | on |
SCSI Parity check disabled (BT-542 only) | SW1/switch 4 | off | |
» | SCSI Auto Sense function enabled | SW1/switch 5 | on |
SCSI Auto Sense function disabled | SW1/switch 5 | off | |
» | Synchronous transfer initiation from controller disabled | SW1/switch 6 | on |
Synchronous transfer intitiation from controller enabled | SW1/switch 6 | off |
DMA CHANNEL | |||
DMA | SW1/Switch 7 | SW1/Switch 8 | |
» | 5 | on | on |
6 | off | on | |
7 | on | off | |
Disabled | off | off |
I/O PORT ADDRESS | ||||
Address | SW2/Switch 1 | SW2/Switch 2 | SW2/Switch 3 | |
» | 330h-333h | on | on | on |
134h-137h | on | off | off | |
234h-237h | off | on | off | |
334h-337h | on | on | off | |
130h-133h | on | off | on | |
230h-233h | off | on | on | |
Reserved | off | off | on | |
Reserved | off | off | off |
BIOS ADDRESS BT-542B | |||
Address | SW2/Switch 4 | SW2/Switch 5 | |
» | DC000h | on | on |
D8000h | off | on | |
C8000h | off | off | |
Disabled | on | off |
BUS TRANSFER RATE BT-542B | |||
Rate | Jumper JP11 | Jumper JP13 | |
» | 5.0MB/sec | open | open |
» | 5.7MB/sec | open | closed |
» | 6.7MB/sec | closed | open |
» | 8.0MB/sec | closed | closed |
Note: It is recommended that you leave JP11 and JP13 open at all times. |
INTERRUPT REQUEST CONFIGURATION | |||||
IRQ | SW2/Switch 6 | SW2/Switch 7 | SW2/Switch 8 | JP3 | |
» | IRQ11 | on | on | on | open |
IRQ9 | on | off | on | open | |
IRQ10 | off | on | on | open | |
IRQ12 | off | off | on | open | |
IRQ14 | on | on | off | open | |
IRQ15 | off | on | off | closed | |
Reserved | off | off | off | N/A | |
Reserved | on | off | off | N/A |
INTERRUPT REQUEST CONFIGURATION (CONTINUED) | ||||||
IRQ | JP4 | JP5 | JP6 | JP7 | JP8 | |
» | IRQ11 | open | open | closed | open | open |
» | IRQ9 | open | open | open | open | closed |
IRQ10 | open | open | open | closed | open | |
IRQ12 | open | closed | open | open | open | |
IRQ14 | closed | open | open | open | open | |
IRQ15 | open | open | open | open | open | |
Reserved | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Reserved | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL NOTE |
The ISA DCB can operate alone or paired with another ISA DCB. If you are using a pair of ISA DCB’s, please use the following defaults for the second card: SCSI ID: 7, SCSI Parity Check: Disabled, Auto-sense: Enabled, SCSI sych negotiation: Enabled, DMA Channel: 6, I/O Address: 334h, Host BIOS: Disabled, Interrupt: IRQ12. |